There were fears that the girl had suffered severe head injuries, but an initial CAT scan showed no indication that her brain was damaged as a result of the fall, McGinnis said.

``She`s in critical condition, and was rushed into surgery for major abdominal injuries,`` McGinnis said. ``The doctors` first concern was of injuries to her head, but the CAT scan showed no swelling or bleeding.``

Both of the girl`s legs were broken, and she also suffered a broken hip, lung damage, a ruptured liver, a ruptured spleen and a vertebral fracture, another hospital spokesman said later.

Doctors did not know yet if the girl would have any paralysis, the spokesman said.

The girl`s mother told police that she had left the room where the toddler was sleeping on the bed. When she returned to the room a few minutes later, the child was gone.

The mother then looked out of the window and saw that the girl had fallen, police said.

The girl fell out of an open 14th-floor window of the apartment in the CHA`s Washington Park housing vdevelopment, authorities said. The bed was against a wall next to an open window.